SSG Chris Cherry

Army | Psychological Operations Specialist

Dates of Service: Jul 2008 - Nov 2014

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Military-trained professional who excels in stressful, time sensitive, environments. Possesses uncompromising drive to achieve and maintain excellence. Proven leader with an analytical mind and outstanding attention to detail. A disciplined and resilient worker with an uncompromising desire to meet and exceed all standards. Basic Korean reading, writing, and speaking skills.

Military Experiences

Mar 2013 - Nov 2014

PSYOP Sergeant

E Co, 9th PSYOP, 8th PSYOP Grp, MISOC | Fort Liberty, NC

Served as a PSYOP Sergeant in Afghanistan assisting in the planning and implementation and execution of irregular warfare across 13 provinces while attached to a Special Forces Operational Detachment – A (SFODA). Responsible for a translator and interpreter and the timely translation and recording of radio broadcasts from English to Dari and Pashto for broadcast over three separate tactical radio stations.

Nov 2010 - Mar 2013

PSYOP Sergeant

B Co, 5th PSYOP, 8th PSYOP Grp, MISOC | Fort Liberty, NC

Held positions as a PSYOP Specialist and Target Audience Analysis NCO in support of Regional Operations in Southeast Asia. Supported a 20 man psychological operations detachment with detailed information on the demographics, psychographics, motivating conditions and vulnerabilities, and estimated behavioral changes for specific groups of foreign nationals in the Southern Philippines.

Aug 2008 - Nov 2010

PSYOP Specialist

A Co, 5th PSYOP, 8th PSYOP Grp, MISOC | Fort Liberty, NC

Worked as a junior member on a three man Military Information Support Team in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Performed initial analysis of enemy propaganda products.

Deployments

(2 years, 2 months)

Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan

Assistant Team Sergeant for TMT attached to SFOD-A conducting PSYOP planning and the implementation and execution of irregular warfare for forward Special Operations elements.

Jun 2012 - Feb 2013

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Philippines

Target Audience Analysis NCO for JSOTF-P. Conducted Subject Matter Expert Exchanges with HN Military.

Feb 2011 - Oct 2011

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Philippines

Conducted FID with HN military units.

Aug 2010 - Sep 2010